Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1887-09-07
NEvADA,s EX-SENATOR.
A San Francisco Correspond.
ent,s Spicy Comments
ON Jim Fair.

ing interesting letter relative to Fai
and Mackay:
The Nevada Bank appears to hav,
been in a good deal of trouble o
late, and all kinds of unpleasant
rumors have been current concern
ing it. The Bank certainly los
largely in the wheat deal, and re.
pudiated like a sneak when Dresbact
and Resented went to the wall, but
it is sheer nonsense to say that the
private fortunes of Flood and Mack
ay, have been impaired.
The regularity with which these
rumors have been circulated makes
it apparent that they come from
some source bent on annoying OF
hurting Flood and Mackay, ior
business men as rule do not
slur the credit of their neighbors for
fear lest their own be hurt in the
crash. While have no proof, ]
firmly believe thatmosto stories
were started and circulated by that
imp of mischief and malevolence
Jim Fair. He hates Mackay as
much as he loves money, and fol
no other reason than that John
Mackay is a gentleman aud every
where accepted as such, while every
one dislikes, despises or breads
"Shppery JIM" A young fellow
who used to be Washington CORE
spondent of the New York Sun,
and who is now a land boomer at
San Jose, told me a story about
Fair the other day that illustrates
his character to dot. Jim, who
is cowardly as sheep and as mis-
chievous as monkey, likes to be
thought a big man and he thinks
it pays to spend a little for the
sake of gaining a sort of prom
inence. After he had bought
himself seat in the United States
Senate he found that he had made
a bad bargain and had laid out his
money for something that was of no
practical use to him. He is a very
illiterate man and has no knowl-
edge of even rudimentary politics I;
so he was at discount among poll
ticians and utterly without influ-
ence, except in such paltry matters
as the appointment of a Reno gauger
or a Carson postmaster.
The newspaper men soon found
that he was not to be believed, and
they dropped him from their re-
ports, and as he knew nothing to
talk about and dared not attempt a
speech, he found himself of less
in Washington than an
Observation-Disclosures department
clerk.
He was simply Jim Fair, a rough,
ignorant miner from the rotten State
of Nevada, where he had q hole in
the ground from which his men dug
out q good deal Of silver and some
gold. So he made up q plan to
enter society, thinking that SO gay
and dashing q blade az himself,
with a reputation for gallantry and
among the Trailer sort,
could not fail to make q hit among
the fashionable characters of the
Capital. There had been q good
deal of scandal about himself and
certain Miss Annie Smith-Carpen-
ter or Carpenter-Smith, 1 don't
know which, and he could not find
sponsor; but Jim never needed
pilot, and he determined to make
his way without fashionable intro
Queer. The means he employed
were Enthusiastically successful,
and at the same time caused his
social ruin. He called at Senator
Bayard's house on the regular re-
ception night, when even a yellow
dog without tag can get in, and
soon found his way to the side of
Bayard's sister, who was helping to
do the honors to the small fry.
"Ah, madam" said he, as he
nervously shifted his glance from
one side of the room to the other,